{"id":4673,"date":"2009-10-07T11:28:37","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T15:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?page_id=4673"},"modified":"2009-10-08T08:54:49","modified_gmt":"2009-10-08T12:54:49","slug":"tutorial-spooky-picture-frame","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?page_id=4673","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial: Spooky Picture Frame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>\n<br \/>\n<b>Materials:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A cheap picture frame with a fairly wide border (to give you room to decorate)<\/li>\n<li>Spooky things to glue to the frame (suggestions below)<\/li>\n<li>A hot glue gun (optional if you&#8217;re using sticky-backed scrapbooking pieces)<\/li>\n<li>Ultra flat matte black spray paint<\/li>\n<li>Fake spider webbing (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table summary=\"this table is for layout\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td colspan=\"2\">Click the thumbnails for larger images.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame2\/frame1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame2\/frame1_thm.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"129\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Materials\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>I used a wooden frame (the color doesn&#8217;t matter, since you&#8217;ll be painting it), for a 5&#8243;x7&#8243; picture.  This was a craft store &#8220;paint it yourself&#8221; special, purchased for the princely sum of 99 cents.  I chose a set of themed scrapbooking elements for my decorations.  Other ideas might include little tombstones cut out of felt, miniature pumpkins, Spanish moss, or googly monster eyes.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame2\/frame2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame2\/frame2_thm.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"147\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Paint\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Spray-paint the frame black (remove the glass first!) and let dry thoroughly.  If desired, you can spatter-paint the frame or add some random splotches in a contrasting color.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame2\/frame3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame2\/frame3_thm.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"105\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Decorated Frame\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Attach the decorative stuff to the frame, letting some elements overlap the photo area.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame2\/frame4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame2\/frame4_thm.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Finished\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>If desired, run a few strands of fake spider webbing from across the frame, making sure not to use so much that the photo will be obscured.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>All done!  How could it be any easier?<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials: A cheap picture frame with a fairly wide border (to give you room to decorate) Spooky things to glue to the frame (suggestions below) A hot glue gun (optional if you&#8217;re using sticky-backed scrapbooking pieces) Ultra flat matte black spray paint Fake spider webbing (optional) Click the thumbnails for larger images. &nbsp; &nbsp; I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3042,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4673","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4673"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4734,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4673\/revisions\/4734"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}